I'm so surprised no one is talking about this.
Does anyone remember that story in the LA Times (that's im searching for right now) that came out just 2 weeks after Favre retiring, and stated that his agent, Bus Cook, was getting "feelers around the league for Favre" and 'gaging interest in this cilent"
This was just 2 weeks AFTER he retired. Everyone shot it down, but I heard a couple of people support the writer saying he sources are impeccable and of course Cook and all them deny it.
I think that story was indeed true then and is now. I think they were looking at potential teams to go back to b/c he didn't want to be in GB any more because of his relationship with TT and the reasons we all know (not getting moss and other requests of Favre). Right after Moss resigned with NE, Favre wanted out, and COINCIDENTLY RETIRED THE FOLLOWING DAY he resigned. So he made a formal announcement he was retiring to make everyone move on. Then later privately to MM and TT says he's thinking about coming back...then changes his mind...and then when the timing couldn't be worse right before training camp, he wants to come back after making management have no confidence in his decision making to know if he really does want to come back, they were pissed enough with the song and dance and he keeps going back and forth.
It seemed Favre did all he could just to make it almost impossible for them to bring him back. I think he knew this and wanted out and was using this scenario b/c he thought the Packer would bend and just release him, but they did not give in.
I think he had this planned for a long time, he wanted to retire to have the packers move on with rodgers, which would make it so difficult for him to come back. I think he knew this and wanted this to happen but it's not working as smoothly as he wanted.
Once again, I'm not one for conspiracies, but DOES ANYONE else think this has some credence?
I urge you to read this post by a member of another forum
I'm putting forth a hypothesis here, feel free to agree or disagree, it's a theory I have been developing for a while.
Does the 'timing' of everything Brett has done seem a little suspicious to anyone? It does to me, right down to Brett choosing the time that TT is away on vacation to start making big pushes for things to happen.
I contend that Brett Favre is not a particularly intelligent guy. He had a very unspectacular Wonderlic score, I contend that Bus Cook does a lot of the thinking for Favre, Bus and probably Deanna, which is no surprise either.
I contend that Bus Cook and Brett have been cooking up this plan for a while, mostly Bus doing the cooking, telling Brett 'don't worry about thing, I've got it all worked out". My thinking, and that of a lot of other people, is that Brett does not like TT and the way he runs the team. Their best interests are in conflict. My best guess is that ever since the Randy Moss deal fell through, Brett has had it in his mind that he wants out of GB. I bet Bus Cook was more than happy to nurture that feeling. Bus has probably already gotten paid his cut he was due for Brett's last contract. New team, new contract, new cut for Bus???
It appears to me that every move Brett ( and Bus) made, and the timing of these moves has made it as difficult as it could possibly be for TT. I have a hard time envisioning it having worked out in any other way that could have made it HARDER for TT.
They make an initial overture to feel out the team in March that they want to come back. No wait, too early, team hasn't put enough time, effort, and resources into Rodgers yet, they could still accept Brett back, looks like they will, better backtrack. So he does.
They lie low until OTA's are over and so much time, energy, resources have been put into Rodgers that Brett/Bus KNOWS the team can't backtrack now. Perfect time to call MM and demand they take you back. Brett/Bus gets the exact reaction from MM they expected. After all it was MM, not TT who put in all that work with Rodgers and the offense. NOW they've got the wedge driven between Brett/Bus and MM that they need.
Then, they wait until they know both MM and TT are away and not available to easily deal with a crisis. PERFECT time to spring the trap.
All along, ever since March, it's been about slowly and deliberately driving wedges between Brett and the team's interests . Calculated, timed perfectly. Drive those wedges, one at a time, until you are guaranteed the team CANNOT take him back. Make it so that they wouldn't want to take him back. Jerk those chains just enough to make TT and MM think 'this is not worth it, let's be rid of this guy'.
Bus Cook knows very well how Brett is viewed by fans. He KNOWS legions of fans will cry foul and demand Brett be brought back. He also knows that by this time the team cannot and will not take him back. Bus knows that there are many fans who do not like TT. Therefore TT is the perfect scapegoat. The fans will surely turn on TT before they would ever turn on the "Legend" Brett Favre! Easy as pie. Make TT look bad.
Ockham's Razor is a principal that states that "All other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best." I'd say that Bus Cook's measured and exact planning is what is largely behind this mess. Experience would tell us agents are 'evil', as they are tied most directly to THE root of all evil, MONEY. For fans it's about tradition, socializing, pride in our team. For players it's about glory...and money. For agents it's ALL about money. Period.
Bus Cook = man behind the curtain.
It has to do more with Cook's role, but same theory is applied, was this Favre's plan the whole time?
(keep in mind, im someone who wants to see him comeback, so i have no hate or anything)
